Urban Design Guidelines - Town of Caledon

BOLTON■‘Intermittent’ street wall conditions will beacknowledged on the streets adjacent to the primarystreets of the core reflecting the historic patternhere of more substantial front yard setbacks andlandscaped areas and a less regular street pattern.This condition applies to all streets other thanQueen Street. These streets (or portions of street)are characterized by having building frontagesoccupying at least 65% of the street line within thesetback zone defined of 0 to 5 metre back from thepublic right-of-way.INFILL DEVELOPMENT PRECEDENT, TorontoPotential Infill Development - There are a few keypotential redevelopment areas which combined candramatically improve the image of the historic core,as well as other individual underutilized lots withredevelopment potential. The key areas are the TimHortons site, the parking lot of the Royal Courtyards, themunicipal parking lot, the Fire Hall, the properties on thesouth side of Willow Street, and those between Mill andElm Streets.These guidelines should be followed when planning aredevelopment:32 Town of Caledon■■■■■■Protect all designated heritage buildings andbuildings of heritage value;Protect existing stable residential neighbourhoods;Development should be low to mid-rise;Assign public uses at grade to help animate thestreet. If located within the continuous buildingfrontage zone, the ground floor use should be retail;Maintain the basic height and width of storefrontsprevalent in the area;Flood proof the lower levels of the building if locatedwithin the floodplain.